More rains predicted in coming days

  • March 6, 2015, 11:21 am
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QUETTA(PPI): Met Office has predicted more rains with snowfall over the hills at a number of places in the country in coming 5-6 days (from Thursday to Monday). Spokesman of Met Office informed that scattered rain of light to moderate intensity is expected in next 36-48 hours and widespread rain of moderate to heavy intensity is expected during Saturday-Monday.
Thursday-Friday: Scattered rain with thunderstorm is expected in Northeast Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Kalat divisions), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan divisions), Islamabad, North Punjab (Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad divisions), FATA (Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, Mohmand, Bajaur, Waziristan agencies), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir, while at isolated places in Upper Sindh (Sukkur, Larkana divisions) on Thursday/Friday.
Saturday-Monday: ?Widespread rain/thunderstorm is expected in Balochistan (Quetta, Zhob, Kalat, Makran, Sibi, Naseerabad divisions) with isolated heavy falls in Quetta, Zhob and Kalat divisions from Saturday to Monday (morning).
?Widespread rain/thunderstorm is expected in KP (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, D.I.Khan divisions), FATA (Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, Mohmand, Bajaur, Waziristan agencies), Islamabad, Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sargodha, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, D.G Khan, Bahawalpur divisions), Upper Sindh (Larkana, Sukkur divisions), Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir on Sunday/Monday.
?Isolated heavy falls are also expected in Islamabad, Upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sahiwal divisions), KP (Malakand, Hazara, D.I.Khan divisions) and Kashmir on Sunday/Monday.
?Scattered rain/thunderstorm is also expected in Lower Sindh (Karachi, Hyderabad divisions) and adjoining coastal areas (Lasbela, Ormara) of Balochistan on Saturday/Sunday.
?Rain may be accompanied by isolated hailstorm in submontane areas of the country during the period